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Powell’s Essential List: 25 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the 21st Century (So Far) (www.powells.com)
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I'm not sure when it was written, but I ran across this list of the best science fiction and fantasy books this century, and I resonated with the ones I've read, so I thought I'd see what others thought of it. Have you read many of them?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

A lot of those are excellent but The Priory of the Orange Tree is one of the most boring books I've ever read. The high-level idea isn't bad, but the big bads are just evil because... they are? Most of the characters are pretty flat, the worldbuilding is incredibly shallow (ok the religions seem semi-interesting, but they get mostly glossed over) and I only finished it to see if there was something to all the hype that I was missing. Having major characters be women/LGBT+/POC is awesome, but those things alone can't carry a book, especially one this big.

Bitching over, sorry. Replace that one with The Library at Mount Char or How To Lose The Time War.

Edit: bitching NOT over, where the hell is goddamn Baru Cormorant?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'll disagree with you on How to Lose the Time War, but Library at Mount Char is absolutely goated, and I'm surprised it's not on the original list.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have Mount Char on my to read list, but Time War was a dnf for me. Just could not get into it.

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